Sunday

Mark 10:32   Now they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them; and they were amazed. And as they followed they were afraid. Then He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them the things that would happen to Him: 33“ Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him to the Gentiles; 34and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.”

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Him, saying, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.” 36   And He said to them, “What do you want Me to do for you?” 37   They said to Him, “Grant us that we may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left, in Your glory.” 38   But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” 39   They said to Him, “We are able.” So Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with you will be baptized; 40but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared.” 41   And when the ten heard it, they began to be greatly displeased with James and John. 42   But Jesus called them to Himself and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 43Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. 44And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. 45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

Prayer:
This is the day which the Lord has made.  Let us rejoice and be glad therein.

Monday
Mark 10:

Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging. 47   And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48   Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49   So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called. Then they called the blind man, saying to him, “Be of good cheer. Rise, He is calling you.” 50   And throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus. 51   So Jesus answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?” The blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.” 52   Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.

 

Prayer:
Blessed by the name of the Lord from henceforth and forever more.

 

Tuesday
Luke 19:

Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2   Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3   And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. 4   So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. 5   And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him,* and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” 6   So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully. 7   But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.” 8   Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.”

And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; 10for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

 

Prayer:
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost.  As it was in the beginning it is now and ever shall be, world without end.  Amen.

Wednesday
Luke 19:11   Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately. 12   Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. 13So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas,* and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’ 14But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’ 15“ And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. 16Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten minas.’ 17And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’ 18And the second came, saying, ‘Master,

 

Prayer:
Create in me a clean heart of God and renew a right spirit within me.  Cast me not from thy presence nor take thy Holy Spirit from me.    Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation and by thy governing spirit establish me.
 

Thursday
Cont Lue 19:

20“ Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief. 21For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ 22And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow. 23Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’ 24“ And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’ 25( But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’) 26‘ For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 27But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’  ”

 

Prayer:   O give thanks to the Lord for He is good, for His mercy endures forever.

Friday
John 12:Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead,* whom He had raised from the dead. 2   There they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him. 3   Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. 4   But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray Him, said, 5“ Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii* and given to the poor?” 6   This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it. 7   But Jesus said, “Let her alone; she has kept* this for the day of My burial. 8For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.” 9   Now a great many of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. 10   But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also, 11   because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

Prayer:
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
of the Creator of creation.
From St. Patrick’s ‘Breastplate’

Saturday
Mark 11:1   Now when they drew near Jerusalem, to Bethphage* and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples; 2   and He said to them, “Go into the village opposite you; and as soon as you have entered it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has sat. Loose it and bring it. 3And if

anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it,’ and immediately he will send it here.” 4   So they went their way, and found the* colt tied by the door outside on the street, and they loosed it. 5   But some of those who stood there said to them, “What are you doing, loosing the colt?” 6   And they spoke to them just as Jesus had commanded. So they let them go. 7   Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their clothes on it, and He sat on it. 8   And many spread their clothes on the road, and others cut down leafy branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9   Then those who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:      “ Hosanna!      ‘ Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’*     10 Blessed is the kingdom of our father David       That comes in the name of the Lord!*       Hosanna in the highest!” 11   And Jesus went into Jerusalem and into the temple. So when He had looked around at all things, as the hour was already late, He went out to Bethany with the twelve.

 

Prayer:
We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee for they great  glory.